Archive for July 14th, 2021
‘Needle’ finally moves on vaccine rate
(CNS): It has taken two weeks for the national COVID-19 vaccination rate to move up just 1%. The needle finally moved from 64% to 65% on Wednesday but the number of people taking up the first shot remains stalled at 69%, after just 66 came forward to begin the two-dose course. According to the demographics […]
PACT predicts future surpluses
(CNS): The finance minister has predicted that the government will be able to cover its operating costs throughout this administration, with 2021 being the only exception. Addressing Parliament on Wednesday as he tabled the 2022-2024 Strategic Policy Statement, Chris Saunders has said there will be no new revenue raising measures in the coming years but […]
Premier Panton commits to social justice
(CNS): The PACT Government will be picking up the tab to feed hungry children in school, expand social care for the elderly, help young Caymanians buy a home and put local people at the centre of the job market. In his remarks on the Strategic Policy Statement delivered Wednesday, Premier Wayne Panton outlined a platform […]
Cops work on tracking down witnesses
(CNS): The RCIPS has said that “very few parties have voluntarily come forward with information” on the two recent murders in George Town, in which two men were killed and eight other people wounded in a spate of gun violence. But police are doing the work to track down those who were present at the […]
Sanitizing the truth serves no purpose
(CNS): There has been some criticism of CNS for using a photo of a murder victim holding a shotgun. In an article published Monday, we reported that the RCIPS had officially identified Wayne Eron McLean (26) as the man who was killed in a shootout last Thursday at Vic’s Bar. In the picture of the […]
Bush opens parliament with warning about rules
(CNS): Speaker McKeeva Bush opened Parliament on Wednesday, laying down the law as he made the most of his increased power that has come with the increased independence of the House. The speaker’s position is now more than just a referee between the two political sides of Parliament. During his address Bush also warned the […]
Activists call for zero tolerance of cruise emissions
(CNS): The Global Cruise Activist Network (GCAN) is calling on G20 nations to stop cruise ships entering ports if they don’t meet greenhouse gas emission standards consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement and to support the right of countries to control access to their ports. The call from the international organisation campaigning for […]
